On Mi, 22 iun 11, 01:54:58, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/21/11 at 04:34pm, Ross Boylan wrote: > > NetworkManager, not ifupdown, is managing my network connection. > > As noted many times elsewhere, it is not recommended to use networkmanager. > Why > it is still included in Debian default install is a mystery.
There was a big thread about this on debian-devel a while ago. Some DDs (especially the Gnome Maintainers) are very much in favor of it and will probably continue to push it in the Gnome task (probably other Desktop Environment tasks as well), while others don't want to have it installed at all. IMHO, while I would not install/purge Network Manager on any computer with a simple connection (DHCP or static IP, probably even PPPoE which is common with the biggest ISP here), there are people who expect to manage their connection with a GUI. Wicd is usable for wired and wireless, but doesn't support VPN, GSM modems, etc. which doesn't make it a good default for laptops, so we're back to Network Manager by default in the Desktop tasks. At least ifupdown has a new maintainer \o/ Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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